When is Item in insert mode in IBindableTemplate

[Pether Wiklander]

Hi,

Im building my own custom column by inheriting from IBindableTemplate. As suggested, I create the controls in the overridden InstantiateIn method. Now to the problem... I need to know if the controls should be created in "insert mode" or "edit mode". How can I do this?

public void InstantiateIn( Control container )
        {
            switch( _templateType )
            {
                case ListItemType.Header:
                    break;
                case ListItemType.Item:
                    ImageButton editButton = new ImageButton
                                             {
                                                 ImageUrl = Images.EditIcon,
                                                 CommandName = "Edit",
                                                 ToolTip = Dictionary.LocalizedString( Dictionary.Word.Edit )
                                             };
                    container.Controls.Add( editButton );

                    ImageButton deleteButton = new ImageButton
                                               {
                                                   ImageUrl = Images.DeleteIcon,
                                                   CommandName = "Delete",
                                                   ToolTip = Dictionary.LocalizedString( Dictionary.Word.Delete )
                                               };
                    deleteButton.Attributes.Add( "onclick", "javascript:return confirm('" + _confirmText + "');" );
                    container.Controls.Add( deleteButton );
                    break;
                case ListItemType.EditItem:
                    ImageButton updateButton = new ImageButton
                                               {
                                                   ImageUrl = Images.EditIcon,
                                                   CommandName = "UpdateEdited",
                                                   ToolTip = Dictionary.LocalizedString( Dictionary.Word.Update )
                                               };
                    container.Controls.Add( updateButton );

                    ImageButton cancelButton = new ImageButton
                                               {
                                                   ImageUrl = Images.EditIcon,
                                                   CommandName = "CancelAll",
                                                   ToolTip = Dictionary.LocalizedString( Dictionary.Word.Cancel )
                                               };
                    container.Controls.Add( cancelButton );
                    break;
                case ListItemType.Footer:
                    break;
            }
        }

So... when the grid is in insert mode, I want the "edit" and "delete" buttons to change into "insert" and "cancel". Any suggestions?

// Pether

[Nikolay Rusev]

Hello Pether,

You can try check the NamingContainer of current control whether it is in edit or insert mode.
For example

public void InstantiateIn(Control container)
    {
        GridItem item = (GridItem)container.NamingContainer;
        if (item is GridEditFormInsertItem)
        {
            //insert mode
        }
        else if (item is GridEditFormItem && item.IsInEditMode)
        {
            //edit mode
        }
    }

I hope this helps.

Kind regards,
Nikolay
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[Pether Wiklander]

Hi,

It helped me but the solution was not totally correct. Thought that I might post the solution here for others:

if( container.NamingContainer is GridDataInsertItem )
{
    // Insert mode
}
else
{
    // Edit mode
}

// Pether